Alkaliflexus Zhilina et al., 2005
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- phylum
- Bacteroidota
- class
- Bacteroidia
- order
- Bacteroidales
- family
- Marinilabiliaceae
- genus
- Alkaliflexus
Abstract
Alkaliflexus is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).
Etymology
The name Alkaliflexus derives from:New Latin noun alkali (from Arabic al-qalyi, the ashes of saltwort), soda ash; Latin participle adjective flexus, bent; New Latin masculine gender noun Alkaliflexus, referring to life in basic surroundings and to bending/flexible cells.
Species
The genus contains a single species, namely A. imshenetskii ( Zhilina et al. 2005, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun imshenetskii, of Imshenetskii, named after Aleksandr A. Imshenetskii (1905–1992), a microbiologist who devoted much of his research to the microbial degradation of cellulose, and gliding bacteria.)
Name
- Homonyms
- Alkaliflexus Zhilina et al., 2005